Planes overhead in B12
Birmingham, West Midlands. All 476 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Birmingham
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Birmingham flies, and that decides how many pass over B12. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 6 a day; of its 476 postcodes, 476 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 476 postcodes, 186 at 10 to 99, 290 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 476 postcodes, 285 at 10 to 99, 191 under 10
The table counts the postcodes of each sector by how many planes pass over them a day: 100 or more, 10 to 99, or under 10.
| Sector | Flying west38% of days | Both ways24% of days | Flying east38% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| B12 0159 postcodes | 159 under 10 | 159 under 10 | 32 at 10 to 99127 under 10 |
| B12 8163 postcodes | 163 under 10 | 53 at 10 to 99110 under 10 | 100 at 10 to 9963 under 10 |
| B12 9154 postcodes | 154 under 10 | 133 at 10 to 9921 under 10 | 153 at 10 to 991 under 10 |
1 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
What counts as overhead
Overhead means more than halfway up the sky (48.5 degrees or more) and below 7,000 ft, the CAA's definition of an overflight (CAP 1498). A day counts as one way when 80% of its flights used that way.
Near B12
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Birmingham. Flight tracks: adsb.lol (ODbL 1.0); Weather at each airport: Iowa Environmental Mesonet; Ground heights: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right; Postcode positions: ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (OGL). Licence: Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.